CNG 88, Lot: 2013. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Pietro Lando. Doge, 1538-1545. Æ Medal (40mm, 32.37 g, 6h). Commemorating the Election of the 78th Doge. By A. Spinelli. Dated 1539. CONCORDIA • PARVÆ • RES • CRE SCVNT (small things grow in harmony, –adapted from Sallust), Christ standing left, wearing nimbus crown, raising hand in benediction, and holding vexillum; to left, doge and five senators kneeling right; above, SENATVS/VENETVS (the Venetian Senate); •1539• in exergue / A DRIACI • REGINA • • MARIS • ([Venezia], the queen of the Adriatic sea), Venezia seated facing on leonine throne, wearing crown and holding scales and cornucopia; trophy of arms to right; in background to left, galley on water left; in two lines in exergue, • AND • SPINELLI •/• F •. Voltolino 313. Near EF, warm brown patina.